
Funeral parlour wants to set up a black mirror AI service
Sadly does not involve the woman from Agent Carter
Swedish funeral agency Phoenix is currently looking for volunteers for a black mirror style AI project.

IBM and Unity use Watson AI for games
Star Trek Bridge Crew and AR and VR games
It is not every day when heavyweight of the Artificial Intelligence market, IBM, announces that its Watson AI will end up in the Unity engine targeting future AR and VR games.

AI will turn hackers into super villians
Power to do anything
The rise of AI will make hackers even more powerful as they will exploit the technology to mount automated hacking attacks, cause driverless car crashes or turn commercial drones into targeted weapons, a new report warns.

UK government uses AI to block jihadist content
Rudd claims she can block Isis from the Internet
The UK government has unveiled a tool it says can accurately detect jihadist content and block it from being viewed and is thinking of forcing companies to use it.

AI is still half baked
Deep learning is shallower and more hyped than Italian television
AI is set to be a massive disappointment for those who think it is going to take over the world.

Ford patents police car which issues tickets without stopping you
It can also plan ambushes
Ford has developed a patent for a police car that issues tickets without even pulling you over and an use AI to find good hiding spots to catch traffic violators.

AI might have a few problems with older shoppers
Better things to do
Less than half of older shoppers are comfortable with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the future, according to new research into online fashion buying.

UK and France ally over AI
Brexit backdoor remaining
While the UK government is frantically trying to show that it is really about Brexit, it is apparently doing deals with the French on artificial intelligence, data, cybersecurity, digital government and tech skills.

Nvidia will have two big GPUs in 2018
Ampere and the gaming GPU
There have been many reports that Nvidia’s next generation technology will be codenamed Ampere and we want to set one thing straight. The successor of Volta is an AI/ML chip and not a GPU - just like Volta never was.

Google freezes Project Tango development
Can't bear augmented reality hardware any more
Search engine outfit Google has dealt a blow to those who want to see AR everywhere by pulling the plug on its Project Tango.